Far-right group the March of Georgians attacked three jour­nal­ists from Rustavi 2 on Monday afternoon in Tbilisi. The attack was in response to an on-air joke by anchor Giorgi Gabunia about former Georgian Prime Minister, bil­lion­aire Bidzina Ivan­ishvili, his tree-col­lect­ing hobby, and Jesus Christ.[Read more…]

Georgia’s bil­lion­aire ex prime minister Bidzina Ivan­ishvili has been ripping up ancient and rare trees from across the country and trans­port­ing them to his private arboretum in Ureki. While the gov­ern­ment claims it is for their own pro­tec­tion, activists continue to challenge the move.[Read more…]